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MH Practice tonight, the first where we were wired to record. Jason brought this thing in and it was very fun to play, and we played it many times. Link to the post.

Cool Things you find in old folders. I miss the 4 track app on the iphone! One of many 4-part doodles with Paul Vo's Wond. (His site's down, but a google search will bring up much.) Link to the post.

So many bday messages! I found this recording from, like, 8 years ago in a dusty old folder. "The Fog Queen". I have a small bass harmonica that plays a few notes, and I don't use it enough. Link to the post.

A little piece from a recording of yesterday's string changing. Link to the post.

Restrung my Eastman hollowbody - hadn't touched it yet since the move. It has a personality. Link to the post.

Take 2 Mashing up this old idea from Jan 6 post with an idea from Jace (Legat). Link to the post.

Mashing up this old idea from Jan 6 post with an idea from Jace (Legat). Link to the post.

Practice night 2fer - Medicine Hat from 3-5, beers, then Caudal Penduncle from 7-10. We sang this part over and over. Apparently it sounds Canadian. This guy pictured rocked the glitter at our show last Saturday. Link to the post.

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This is my little field recording rig, minus the parabolic mic from Soundshark. I put this out a few times a week and see what I can hear. Here are some owls in the distance I recorded Friday night. The party always seems to happen around 4am, and always closer to our bedroom on nights I'm NOT recording. While the weather holds, I'm going to find a new spot each night to place it. Link to...

Wiped the unit clean of factory installed samples and started loading live guitar snips. I'm always thinking of the first three records by the Books, always with how I sample. Link to the post.

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Another feel. I had a fun trip with Rob D (pictured), Sam, and a rainbow in Winslow today. Link to the post.

Kind of a fucked up work week, but who can complain when you are looking at this in the am. They put an update out for the KO II EP 133 sampler and I love it. Link to the post.

1st night of Caudal Penduncle - the sweet sound of band negotiations. Thank you Kevin! Link to the post.

Playing a lot of fingerstyle lately, as once again work takes over most of my mental real estate. I'm playing guitar in Mike's band Caudal Penduncle now too and have my first practice tomorrow. Psyched to be playing with real musicians - especially a real drummer! Been tooooooo long. Link to the post.

Back in 2017 on April 12, I got 11 guitarists together to play my piece Mandalas. Like I said yesterday, the piece was simple on paper: Tempo was 60 bpm, most of the notes marked we whole notes tied together across bars, sometimes 30 seconds to a minute long before changing notes. This created some anticipation to get the note change right. With 11 guitarists you could hear that anticipation. Here...

Back in 2017 on April 12, I got 11 guitarists together to play my piece Mandalas. Here's a bit from a section later dropped, where everyone had some esoteric instructions. The piece was simple on paper. Tempo was 60 bpm, most of the notes marked we whole notes tied together across bars, sometimes 30 seconds to a minute long before changing notes. This created some anticipation to get the note...